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adumbrate
 
VERB:1. To give an indication of something in advance: augur, bode, forecast, forerun, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, portend, prefigure, presage, prognosticate. See FORESIGHT, SHOW. 2. To draw up a preliminary plan or version of: block in or (out), draft, outline, rough in or (out), sketch. See PLANNED. 3. To make dark or darker: darken, shade, shadow. See LIGHT.
 
 
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